Hi viewers, this blog will try to cater to provide a holistic picture to the whole PMBOK. The aim here is to tell you the picture that you need to complete while dealing with each piece of the puzzle one at a time. This was one of the big challenges that I faced during my preparation. I was going through each chapter, topic and sub sections but until the very end didn't had the big picture.
Now, i am someone who questions each stage and until i understand each stage in its totality, don't want to move forward. Which meant, that i kept coming back and kept reading from the very beginning everytime i saw something like "Ref 5.1.2.11" in the PMBOK (and trust me you'd find it a lot of time). So i decided to look for some tool that gives me a complete picture, i was severely confused about "Stages of Project" Vs "Knowledge Areas"Vs "Processes" so i decided to look for something like a picture. A picture that, when referred, will give me a complete idea about where i stand and how do i connect the successors and predecessors. There were two pictures that particularly helped me.
1. How is Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Control and Closing interrelated.
2. Big picture - "Stages of Project" Vs "Knowledge Areas"Vs "Processes"
For me a picture has always been a better way of learning things, so here they are, the two pictures that i kept looking at for a long time.. and helped me have better understanding and learning..
Two mandatory things: -
1. Draw your own diagrams, tables and keep writing it unless you remember every word in the grid
2. Have printouts of these two pictures and place them wherever you can see them at your will..
Trust me, you need to remember every word in the grid below wrt its location, sequence and mapping.
A quick Tip: -
"Don't compare your current project and way things are in there, but rather, what's logical and what you'd go if you are driving that project. Most if it matches to what we already know!! "
Now, i am someone who questions each stage and until i understand each stage in its totality, don't want to move forward. Which meant, that i kept coming back and kept reading from the very beginning everytime i saw something like "Ref 5.1.2.11" in the PMBOK (and trust me you'd find it a lot of time). So i decided to look for some tool that gives me a complete picture, i was severely confused about "Stages of Project" Vs "Knowledge Areas"Vs "Processes" so i decided to look for something like a picture. A picture that, when referred, will give me a complete idea about where i stand and how do i connect the successors and predecessors. There were two pictures that particularly helped me.
1. How is Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Control and Closing interrelated.
2. Big picture - "Stages of Project" Vs "Knowledge Areas"Vs "Processes"
For me a picture has always been a better way of learning things, so here they are, the two pictures that i kept looking at for a long time.. and helped me have better understanding and learning..
Two mandatory things: -
1. Draw your own diagrams, tables and keep writing it unless you remember every word in the grid
2. Have printouts of these two pictures and place them wherever you can see them at your will..
Trust me, you need to remember every word in the grid below wrt its location, sequence and mapping.
A quick Tip: -
"Don't compare your current project and way things are in there, but rather, what's logical and what you'd go if you are driving that project. Most if it matches to what we already know!! "
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